Marginal rise in property tax collection in Nagpur

The extension has been made on consideration of reports of disturbance in general life caused due to failure of power.Nagpur: The cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), in dire need of crores of rupees, seems content with receiving just lakhs. Tax consultative committee chairman Girish Deshmukh said the civic body had performed well in the first quarter as far as property tax collection is concerned.

In the first quarter of this finacial year, the civic body collected Rs46.45 crore as property tax, mutation and new assessment charges, said Deshmukh adding the revenue from property tax department has increased by about Rs2.84 lakh. In July, the performance of Ashi Nagar zone was not satisfactory, he said. Against the target of Rs1.50 crore, the zone collected a mere Rs1.30 crore. Other zones have achieved their respective targets, said Deshmukh.

This year, against 5,19,572 properties in city, the department issued 4,29,682 demand notes, he said. The department has been directed to complete distribution of demand notes by August 15, said Deshmukh. “Apart from satisfactory recovery, the civic body has also done 1,920 cases of mutation and assessed 2,123 new properties,” he said.

Besides this, the civic body will also be conducting a special tax collection drive on August 23 at zone levels, where mutations and new assessment of properties will be carried out. He said all the 10 zones have been given the target of Rs27 crore to be recovered from August 15.

Deshmukh said that now it has become clear that the state government will send Rs30.98 crore per month in lieu of local body tax.